Princeton University Athletics
2020 Field Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 4
MaryKate Neff
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Academy of Notre Dame de Namur
- Hometown:
- Villanova, Pa.
Awards:
Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region (2017, 2019)
Second Team All-Ivy (2017, 2019)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2018)
2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19
2019: Scored in the thrilling comeback overtime win at No. 2 Duke (Oct. 6) … Produced a goal at No. 14 Harvard (Oct. 26) and at No. 2 UConn (Nov. 17) in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
2018: Produced six goals, three assists, 15 points and a team-best three defensive saves … Posted a goal vs. No. 14 Wake Forest (Sept. 2) … Scored the game-winning goal vs. No. 4 Duke (Sept. 7) that ended up as one of Sportscenter’s Top-10 plays … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 10) … Consecutive games with a goal vs. Monmouth (Sept. 14) and No. 13 Delaware (Sept. 16) … Picked up two defensive saves vs. No. 3 Maryland (Sept. 18) … Opened Ivy play with a goal vs. Dartmouth (Sept. 22) … Had three points at Columbia (Oct. 5).
2017: Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 11) … Played in every game, making 18 starts … Scored eight goals, added three assists for 19 points along with 26 shots … Her eight tallies were tied for 10th in the Ivy League … Her 0.42 goals per game was 11th in the conference and 99th in all of Division I … Broke out with a goal and an assist vs. No. 22 Rutgers (Sept. 8) … Took three shots vs. No. 3 Penn State (Sept. 10) … Scored a goal at Dartmouth (Sept. 23) and vs. Yale (Sept. 29) … Multi-goal outing vs. Columbia (Oct. 6) … Consecutive games with goals at Brown (Oct. 14) and at Northeastern (Oct. 15) … Had assists at No. 15 Harvard (Oct. 21) and vs. No. 5 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 11) … Snagged a goal vs. No. 4 North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 12).
Before Princeton:
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur: First team National All-American and All-Region PA in 2016 … Three-time first team All-Main Line (2014-16) … Twice was first team All-Delco (2015-16) … First team All-Interac
National or Regional Team Experience: Played for the U.S U-19 and U-17 national teams … AAU Junior Olympics.
Personal: Daughter of Kathleen and Paul Neff … Has two brothers, Ryan and Keenan, who both attend Boston College.
Career-Highs:
Shots – 6, vs. Brown (Oct. 13, 2018)
Goals – 2, vs. Columbia (Oct. 6, 2017)
Assists – 1, 7x - MR - vs No. 13 Syracuse (Nov. 15, 2019)
Points – 4, vs. Columbia (Oct. 6, 2017)
Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region (2017, 2019)
Second Team All-Ivy (2017, 2019)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2018)
2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19
2019: Scored in the thrilling comeback overtime win at No. 2 Duke (Oct. 6) … Produced a goal at No. 14 Harvard (Oct. 26) and at No. 2 UConn (Nov. 17) in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
2018: Produced six goals, three assists, 15 points and a team-best three defensive saves … Posted a goal vs. No. 14 Wake Forest (Sept. 2) … Scored the game-winning goal vs. No. 4 Duke (Sept. 7) that ended up as one of Sportscenter’s Top-10 plays … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 10) … Consecutive games with a goal vs. Monmouth (Sept. 14) and No. 13 Delaware (Sept. 16) … Picked up two defensive saves vs. No. 3 Maryland (Sept. 18) … Opened Ivy play with a goal vs. Dartmouth (Sept. 22) … Had three points at Columbia (Oct. 5).
2017: Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 11) … Played in every game, making 18 starts … Scored eight goals, added three assists for 19 points along with 26 shots … Her eight tallies were tied for 10th in the Ivy League … Her 0.42 goals per game was 11th in the conference and 99th in all of Division I … Broke out with a goal and an assist vs. No. 22 Rutgers (Sept. 8) … Took three shots vs. No. 3 Penn State (Sept. 10) … Scored a goal at Dartmouth (Sept. 23) and vs. Yale (Sept. 29) … Multi-goal outing vs. Columbia (Oct. 6) … Consecutive games with goals at Brown (Oct. 14) and at Northeastern (Oct. 15) … Had assists at No. 15 Harvard (Oct. 21) and vs. No. 5 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 11) … Snagged a goal vs. No. 4 North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 12).
Before Princeton:
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur: First team National All-American and All-Region PA in 2016 … Three-time first team All-Main Line (2014-16) … Twice was first team All-Delco (2015-16) … First team All-Interac
National or Regional Team Experience: Played for the U.S U-19 and U-17 national teams … AAU Junior Olympics.
Personal: Daughter of Kathleen and Paul Neff … Has two brothers, Ryan and Keenan, who both attend Boston College.
Career-Highs:
Shots – 6, vs. Brown (Oct. 13, 2018)
Goals – 2, vs. Columbia (Oct. 6, 2017)
Assists – 1, 7x - MR - vs No. 13 Syracuse (Nov. 15, 2019)
Points – 4, vs. Columbia (Oct. 6, 2017)
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